Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 58553

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to phase out the LD50 toxicity test as an initial step to end animal testing.

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Government is committed to the development of non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year.Significant progress has been made on validating alternative methods, including the...

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